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Holiday Special: Celebrating the Sears Christmas Wish Book [encore]

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The Sears Christmas Wish Book was (truly) great American literature (with Tod Goldberg)

Digital nomadism [bonus]: How technology has changed the way we travel

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In this bonus outtake from “The Nomads,” Rolf talks about how technology affects travel.

Van Life before #VanLife (encore): Revisiting a classic USA road trip

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Rolf recounts his first 8-month vagabonding trip 27 years ago.

Tales from the vagabonding trail: Discussing “Marco Polo Didn’t Go There”

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Rolf discusses his travel book “Marco Polo Didn’t Go There” with the Nomadic Network book club.

Vagabonding audio companion: Travel brainstorming, with Ari Shaffir

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Vagabonding audio companion: Travel brainstorming, with Ari Shaffir
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In this remix episode, Ari Shaffir and Rolf brainstorm on where to travel next

Maintaining creative fitness: How my podcast augments my writing career

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Rolf talk about why he created a podcast, in this remix of an episode of “3 Clips”

Finding the best places to live: Searching for home in America [encore]

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Finding the best places to live: Searching for home in America [encore]
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A discussion of the factors that go into choosing where to set up a home in America.

Travel writing in the “Mad Men” era: The myth and legacy of Holiday Magazine

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Travel writing in the "Mad Men" era: The myth and legacy of Holiday Magazine
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Editor Pamela Fiori on the pioneering travel magazine Holiday, and its postwar influence.

The Olympics started out as a travel fest: All about the ancient Greek Games

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Historian and author on the spectacle and idiosyncrasies of the ancient Olympics in Greece.

Experiencing Japan the slow way (on the 750-mile Shikoku Pilgrimage)

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Experiencing Japan the slow way (on the 750-mile Shikoku Pilgrimage)
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The joys and idiosyncrasies of traveling Japan on foot.